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True or False: There are 106 bones in the adult human skeleton.

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False

Step-by-step explanation:

In the adult human skeleton, there are 206 bones, exactly 100 more than the value in the given statement.

Just in the skull alone there are 23 bones. There are 26 bones in each foot for a total of 52 in the feet, and 27 bones in each hand for a total of 54 in the hands. So, just in the skull, hands, and feet alone, there are 129 bones, much more than the 106 bones speculated in the given statement.

Because there are in fact 206 bones in the adult human skeleton, down from the 270 present at birth, and not 106 bones, the given statement is false.

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